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For the director of music. A psalm of David.
When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Ps 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your
unfailing love; according to your great
compassion blot out my transgressions.
Ps 51:2 Wash away all my
iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Ps 51:3 For I know my
transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Ps 51:4 Against you, you
only, have I sinned and done what is evil in
your sight, so that you are proved right when
you speak and justified when you judge.
Ps 51:5 Surely I was sinful
at birth, sinful from the time my mother
conceived me.
Ps 51:6 Surely you desire
truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in
the inmost place.
Ps 51:7 Cleanse me with
hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will
be whiter than snow.
Ps 51:8 Let me hear joy and
gladness; let the bones you have crushed
rejoice.
Ps 51:9 Hide your face from
my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
Ps 51:10 Create in me a pure
heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit
within me.
Ps 51:11 Do not cast me from
your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Ps 51:12 Restore to me the
joy of your salvation and grant me a willing
spirit, to sustain me.
Ps 51:13 Then I will teach
transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn
back to you.
Ps 51:14 Save me from
bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my
tongue will sing of your righteousness.
Ps 51:15 O Lord, open my
lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Ps 51:16 You do not delight
in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not
take pleasure in burnt offerings.
Ps 51:17 The sacrifices of
God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite
heart, O God, you will not despise.
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